Alcohol Drinking, Smoking, and Diabetes

Many patients with diabetes continue smoking and high-risk drinking during treatment. Some try fail to stop alcohol because of the addictive habitual effects. Considering high lifetime prevalence nicotine use disorders, percentage people who actively treatment services is low. Smoking related increased vascular complications mortality as well development diabetes. A small amount allowed in guidelines, but limit can be difficult maintain reality. Therefore, it necessary for a medical doctor evaluate problems diabetic patients, may helpful screening evaluation tools such AUDIT (alcohol disorders identification test) FTND (Fagerstrom Test Nicotine Dependence) smoking. It important that are provided information brief intervention they recommended professional active anti-craving medications structural psychosocial programs. worried about harmful effects think should quit it, at same time, have their own reasons not being able smoking, suffering from ambivalent ideas rather than criticizing patient’s behavior, show understanding patient difficulties encourage